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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPROVER

n. 1. One who approves. Formerly one who proves or makes trial.
2. In law, one who confesses a crime and accuses another. [See Approvement. ] Also, formerly, one who had the letting of the king's domains in small manors. In Stat. 1. Edw. 3. C. 8, sheriffs are called approvers. A bailiff or steward of a manor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPROVER

APPROVER Ap *prov "er, n.

1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.

2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

Defn: One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.

APPROVER

Ap *prov "er, n. Etym: [See 2d Approve, v. t.] (Eng. Law )

Defn: A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs. ] Jacobs.